revwalk: only check the first commit in the list for an earlier timestamp This is not a big deal, but it does make us match git more closely by checking only the first. The lists are sorted already, so there should be no functional difference other than removing a possible check from every iteration in the loop.
diff --git a/src/revwalk.c b/src/revwalk.c
index d6c6fdb..4c5a1da 100644
--- a/src/revwalk.c
+++ b/src/revwalk.c
@@ -388,10 +388,16 @@ static int still_interesting(git_commit_list *list, int64_t time, int slop)
if (!list)
return 0;
+ /*
+ * If the destination list has commits with an earlier date than our
+ * source, we want to reset the slop counter as we're not done.
+ */
+ if (time <= list->item->time)
+ return SLOP;
+
for (; list; list = list->next) {
/*
- * If the destination list has commits with an earlier date than
- * our source or if it still contains interesting commits we
+ * If the destination list still contains interesting commits we
* want to continue looking.
*/
if (!list->item->uninteresting || list->item->time > time)